National Louis University Digital Commons@NLU Dissertations 3-2015 Resonating Frequencies of a Virtual Learning Community: An Ethnographic Case Study of Online Faculty Development at Columbia College Chicago David S. Noffs National Louis University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss Part of the Adult and Continuing Education Administration Commons, Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching Commons, Higher Education Commons, and the Online and Distance Education Commons Recommended Citation Noffs, David S., "Resonating Frequencies of a Virtual Learning Community: An Ethnographic Case Study of Online Faculty Development at Columbia College Chicago" (2015). Dissertations. 144. https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/144 This Dissertation - Public Access is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons@NLU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@NLU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Resonating Frequencies of a Virtual Learning Community: An Ethnographic Case Study of Online Faculty Development at Columbia College Chicago by David S. Noffs B.M., Roosevelt University, 1983 M.P.H., Benedictine University, 1999 A Critical Engagement Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education Department of Adult and Continuing Education National-Louis University June, 2015 Acknowledgment I want to acknowledge the staff and faculty of Columbia College Chicago who have been both my greatest supporters and critics, always keeping me on task for the sake of our common goal; striving for excellence in education. In particular, I want to thank my friends and colleagues at the Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence who have been my eyes, ears and heart in my search to make meaning of an emerging education ecology.